"I Want to Get a Piece of Paper That Says I Can Do Stuff": Youth Narratives of Educational Opportunities and Constraints in Low Socio-Economic Neighbourhoods

Autor/inn/en	McInerney, Peter; Smyth, John
Titel	"I Want to Get a Piece of Paper That Says I Can Do Stuff": Youth Narratives of Educational Opportunities and Constraints in Low Socio-Economic Neighbourhoods
Quelle	In: Ethnography and Education, 9 (2014) 3, S.239-252 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1745-7823
DOI	10.1080/17457823.2013.873349
Schlagwörter	Low Income; Neighborhoods; Educational Opportunities; Educationally Disadvantaged; Academic Aspiration; Foreign Countries; Personal Narratives; Employment Opportunities; Educational Policy; Academic Persistence; Cultural Background; Achievement Gap; Socioeconomic Status; Secondary School Students; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Niedriglohn; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Ausland; Erlebniserzählung; Berufschance; Beschäftigungschance; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Sekundarschüler; Australien
Abstract	The persistent failure of contemporary policies to improve school retention rates and close the achievement gap between students from low and high socio-economic (SES) backgrounds should be a matter of grave concern. In this article, we set out to show what it means to be educated in a context of disadvantage from the perspectives of young people attending a senior secondary public school in regional Australia. Acknowledging that youth are experts in their own lives, we draw extensively on student narratives of the funds of knowledge and opportunity structures that support and/or constrain education and employment opportunities in low-income neighbourhoods. Although young peoples' stories of hope and agency go some way to undermining the deficit thinking about these students and their families, we argue that the realisation of their aspirations requires institutional support and policies that address the systemic causes of educational disadvantage. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10